Search Results: retrospect of western travel two volumes by harriet martineau

Johnson Reprint Corporation. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket 2 Volumes in 1. (United States, Travel) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York: Harper & Brothers , 1838 Book. Good. Hardcover. Good+ set of 2 volumes (Ex Library) in dark green patterned boards; light rubbing to spine ends & corners, but overall excellent shape; text is clean & tight; usual ex lib markings on spine & epp; paper label on spines.

London: Saunders and Otley, 1838. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . 276, 239pp. Green textured cloth paper spine ; most likely the later reprint edition of 1942, but only date appearing is 1838. Both volumes are clean and sound and unworn.

London: Saunders and Otley, 1838. Hardcover. G Both covers have general wear. Volume 1 has cover staining. Bookblocks have age toning and page edge damage. Previosu owners signature on front end page of both volumes.. Decorative blue cloth boards. White title block on spines. Both volumes individually paginated.

Harper & Brothers Book. Good. Hardcover. Embossed green boards and pasted down spine labels. Undated (@1940) facsimile of the 1838 Saunders and Otley edition. Interiors are in Fine condtion - clean, tight and straight w/solid binding and whole epps, but this is an earlier facsimile reprint. Vol. 1 has rubbing on two corners, heavier on one and spine ends just lightly bumped. Vol. 2 has bumping to two corners, spine ends are lightly bumped and a small scrape on the cover where a bit of the board show through..

Greenwood Press Publishers, 1969. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. NOTE: Volumes 1 & 2 Only. Bindings firm, interiors clean and unmarked. No dj, as issued.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1942. Facsimile. Hardcover. Slipcase has some rubbings. Lower spine on Vol. 2 dust jacket has a tiny tear (1/4"). Both volumes have sun fading on the spines of their dust jackets. ; Both volumes, dustjackets and slipcase are in excellent condition - exception noted. The author, visiting from England in 1834, wrote "what was to become one of the most famous of all travel diaries - a shrewd, lifely and amusing account. Men of all degrees and all beliefs were delighted to call this wise, witty, dauntless woman friend." We believe the publication of this facsimile edition is 1942 given that it was done so by Harper & Brothers "as part of its 125th Anniversary celebration." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Greenwood Press Publishers. Three volume set. Reprints of original Saunders & Otley 1838 edition. Faint shelf wear only. No DJs, as issued. . Fine. Cloth. 1969.

New York:: Harper & Brothers, 1942. A square, tight set -- complete in 2 volumes -- of this facsimile reprint of the 1838 First American Edition. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked -- probably never read. Each volume has "1838" printed the foot of its title page, with no later years or printings indicated anywhere. However, this is almost certainly the facsimile reprint that Harper's published in 1942 as part of their 125th anniversary celebration. [Unlike the first London edition which appeared in 3 volumes, the First American Edition from Harper's was issued in 2 volumes only; See Howes USIANA]. Both volumes are bound in original green textured cloth, with a printed paper spine label. Each volume still has its original red geometric-pattern Dust Jacket (now protected in removable mylar). Red color has moderately faded on spines of DJs, however all lettering on the jackets remains clear and distinct. According to… Read More

Martineau, Harriet. RETROSPECT OF WESTERN TRAVEL. 2 Volumes. New York, Harper, 1838. 1st American edition. Cloth with paper spine labels. [4], 13-276; 239, [4] pp. Both volumes are foxed and damp- stained throughout, lacking front free end papers and flyleaves from both volumes, rear endpaper and flyleaf from volume 2, and 2 leaves of printed matter from the front of volume 1. The covers are lightly spotted and soiled in places and the labels have faded. Still a very good reference copy with the text intact. BMC. Howes M348.

Saunders and Otley, 1838. Hardcover. Good. London and New York, 1838. From the library of ABAA Bookseller, Tom Nicely. Brown cloth covered boards with pasted on spine titles; edges and covers worn and rubbed; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jackets. Pencil markings on front endpapers of first volume; pages toned; foxing throughout; no internal markings; 276 and 239 pages.

London & New York: Saunders and Otley / Harper, 1838. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimos; 276, 239 pages, contemporary embossed floral cloth, modern paper labels Englishwoman's sequel to her SOCIETY IN AMERICA (1837). [ Howes M348; Clark III, 205; Thompson 3156]. "The [two] books of Harriet Martineau contained probably the most important view of the West by an English author during the last years of the pioneer period" - quoted by Hubach p.80. She much preferred Cincinnati to Chicago. She toured Washington and Mt. Vernon and elsewhere on the eastern seaboard. Sizeable portions detail her experiences with slavery in the Southern states.

London: Saunders and Otley, 1838. 2 volumes, 8vo; original embossed cloth over boards (some soiling), paper labels on spine wearing away, shelf wear; foxing. 4 pages of publisher's advertisements at the end of Vol. II. Follow-up publication of Martineau's Society in America.

New York: Charles Lohman. Good. 1838. First American Edition. Hardcover. Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876) was an English author and social theorist. who traveled throughout the eastern United States in 1834-36 and describes her experiences and observations of American society with lively detail and uncommon insight. She observed and commented upon prisons, slavery, education, economics, women in society, in fact, the whole range of American society. Her work is a standard in the literature of American travel as well as on American society in the early nineteenth century. This is the first American edition in the original publisher's paper-covered boards (which are worn) with modern brown cloth spines with gilt spine lettering. Volume one is foxed to a larger extent than volume two; several pages are torn at the lower extremities have been sewn with old linen (this set was obviously valued by an early owner). Pagination of the 2 volumes: volume 1, 198 p. ; Volume 2, 178 p. Ref: Howes… Read More

Saunders and Otley, sold by Harper & Bros., London, New York, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. [Interesting Michigan provenance] 2 volume set. Bound in contemporary boards. Bindings worn, some tears. Spine cloth torn with loss. Foxing. Bridgeport, CT library markings. An early sociological view of Jacksonian America written by a British woman (and abolitionist). "Presented by J. B. Biddle of Detroit." John Biddle (1792 – 1859) was a mayor, Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, and Congressman Representing Michigan. Howes M348. Sabin 44941. <br> Contents: Contents:Arrival in America; First Impressions; The Hudson; Weddings; High Road Travelling; Prisons; First Sight of Slavery; Life at Washington; The Capitol; Madison; Jefferson's University; Country Life in the South; Charleston; Restless Slaves; New Orleans; Mississippi Voyage; Compromise; Cincinnati; New England Villages; Harvard College; Mutes and Blind; Signs of the Times in… Read More

London: Saunders and Otley NY: Harper, 1838. First US edn. 8vo, pp. 276, 239. 2 volumes bound in one in later 3/4 calf, some light foxing, but a very good clean tight set. Not in Graff, Howes M-348; Robinson p. 144; Sabin 44941; Clark III, 205. Martineau (1802-76) is remembered as an essayist, educator and novelist. Her two books on her journey to the US are remarkable for her outspoken criticism of slavery and criticism of repressive chivalry. Robinson notes that Martineau's Society in America discusses the politics of her visit to America while this work discusses the mechanics of her travel, which took her the length of America: from Niagara to Texas, where she spent a good deal of time in the South. She mentions New Orleans, Charleston, SC, and Virginia before heading to Baltimore, Lexington (KY) and Cincinnati.